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143:. While returning to his home, community leader Nelson Garcia (also a Lenca) was fatally shot four times in the face and killed. A few weeks later, major international investors, the Netherlands Development Finance Co. (FMO), and FinnFund, announced they would suspend funding for the Agua Zarca project.
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opened fire on the protesters, killing one member of COPINH, Tomás GarcĂa, and injuring three others, including his 17-year-old son, Alan. The community reported regular threats and harassment from the company employees, security guards, and the military. In May 2014, members of COPINH were attacked
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said that the government had failed to provide adequate protection for Cáceres, who had received death threats. The police and military are expected to protect human rights defenders. Three suspects were arrested within a week in the Yaneth murder.
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